From: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org (onlyJMDL Digest) To: onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Subject: onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #68 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-onlyjoni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Archives: http://www.smoe.org/lists/onlyjoni Websites: http://www.jmdl.com http://www.jonimitchell.com Unsubscribe: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe onlyJMDL Digest Friday, March 12 2010 Volume 2010 : Number 068 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- TNT - How do i find this? [roberta@nietzsche.net] TNT tribute [Susan Glumac ] Re: Covers 122 still open for downloading [Lieve Reckers ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:34:59 -0500 From: roberta@nietzsche.net Subject: TNT - How do i find this? Been reading all these rave reviews about Tribute Concert and want to see it. I have the album but not seen the concert. Where, how? Oriole ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:09:44 -0800 From: Susan Glumac Subject: TNT tribute Hi everyone, All the talk about the TNT tribute has me wondering again......does anyone out there have this on DVD or the ability to make a DVD? My VHS copy stopped working a few years ago. I would, of course, supply the DVD and postage. Many thanks, Sue ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:29:22 +0000 (GMT) From: Lieve Reckers Subject: Re: Covers 122 still open for downloading Hi Bob! I'm so glad you sent us a reminder of the Covers 122. I had downloaded it at the time, but couldn't get it to play, and was too annoyed with my own technical inadequacy to ask for help. So anyway this time I tried again, and it worked. I can only think that I must have lost some computer gremlins since. For some inexplicable reason, I get the songs in a completely different order now, but that's a small price to pay! I hope you don't mind that I have pasted your original comments back in, but I think it helps for anyone who may want to give it a listen now. Just a few quick reactions from me. I think there's a lot of good numbers here. My favourites are your numbers 1, 2, 3 (I so hope they'll do a full version one day), 4 (once I got past the Italian accent), 8, 9 (to my surprise, because I'm not really into country) and 12. Just a quick note about Will Young, your number 19. He was, as you said, the first ever winner of Simon Cowell's Pop Idol, the fore-runner to the X Factor. I have never cared so much about any other singer on one of those talent shows as Will Young. He was so obviously talented, an intelligent and gentle guy with a really beautiful soulful voice. I was delighted that he won, and he has since carved out a good career for himself, doing "his own thing" musically and not being anybody's puppet, and even doing some decent acting in between the singing. But I am disappointed by his "Help Me" cover. I don't think it shows off either his voice or the song at their best. It's indeed a very poppy version, while he can do jazz and soul so well. And sounding like George Michael is, to my ears, not the best compliment for his voice either, since I think his voice normally has a deeper, richer timbre. Anyway, thanks Bob for all your great finds! Lieve in London - ---------------- Bob's original comments 1. Alyssa Wright - Both Sides Now: A mournful 2007 cello version of the franchise kicks things off. I find this one to be quite wonderful and passionate. Alyssa is a singer-songwriter and cellist from Ontario. 2. Butterbean Jazz Quartet - My Old Man: Love this one, a cool swinging jazz take on a seldom-done song from Blue. The vocals are nice, there are some interesting tempo changes and the trio is tight and loose at the same time. This fresh track comes from the band's self-titled 2009 album. 3. Refuge Trio - Refuge Of The Roads: When I heard about this track, I got all excited - then I got it and was very disappointed because it only runs about a minute and is only the first verse. Now, if someone could do the entire song in a minute, that might be something. The Refuge Trio (who coincidentally took their name from this song) is the brainchild of Theo Bleckmann, a very inventive NYC musician/performer who appeared at Wall-To-Wall Joni and has also released covers of "Sunny Sunday" and "Shadows And Light" (as part of the group Moss). He definitely likes the deep tracks and always brings a unique voice and approach to Joni's music. 4. Nicky Nicolai E Stefano Di Battista - River: Italy brings us this duo; Nicky sings and Stefano tickles the ivories. There are some other nice musical colors to be found here as well. 5. Ronan Keating - Both Sides Now: Hailing from Ireland, Ronan is an ex-member of the band Boyzone and has since struck out on his own as a singer-songwriter. He's since recorded and released a cover of "River" so we'll be on the lookout for that. This one comes from his "Songs For My Mother" release of last year and is certainly enjoyable. 6. Motel Westcoast - Big Yellow Taxi: 7. Motel Westcoast - Woodstock: This Dutch band, a composite of many separate solo performers, recreates songs from the Classic Rock era as a side gig. Their two Joni covers are from their 2007 release and both stay pretty close to the originals - well, the CSNY original to be specific in the case of Woodstock. 8. Aeon - Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: From 1998, this cover is wrapped around a slow-funk rhythm, and woven into it are some wah-wah guitar and a lazy vocal. Don't know much about the band, but it doesn't take anything away from the enjoyability of the track which clock in at around 6 minutes, one of the longer ones on this volume. 9. Michelle Branch - A Case Of You: One of the more high-profile Joni covers of recent times. Grammy-winner Branch included this track on the 2009 compilation "A Revolution In Sound" where they took pop artists from today and had them cover songs of yesteryear. Michelle's a bit of a country-western artist and brings that flavor to her cover of ACOY. 10. Don Troxell - Both Sides Now: This piano instrumental from Dan Troxell comes from his 2003 release; he is very prolific (as well as skilled) and plays in a romantic and efficient style. 11. Jiros Tojyo - The Circle Game: From Japan, this version some pizzicato strings and some other cheesy flourishes. 12. Kathy Moore - Woodstock: Michigander Kathy Moore is a voice teacher and music therapist. This 2007 cover of Woodstock features some nice tribal percussion and lots of other original touches. 13. Cold War Kids - All I Want: This unreleased performance was featured on AOL Spinner and wasn't officially released. The vocal is a little raw and flat at times, and veers into hard-to-listen-to territory. My son has a couple CWK CD's; they're a fairly well-known indie band from California. 14. Anki - Olen Paivan Peili Ja Viikon Saa (You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio/Finnish): Dating back to 1973, this is one of the older recordings in the set. I never thought I'd get to hear this one but thanks to its re-release on a boxset it is now readily available. She also covered "Chelsea Morning" and I'm still on the prowl for that one. As the title says, this is in Finnish and is a straightforward of Joni's original. 15. Illauna Zauderer Parker - A Case Of You: Illana is a San Fransisco cabaret singer, she won "Best Broadway Female Vocalist" in Bay-area competition back in 2000 and has performed in many shows since, bot in SF and also on and off-Broadway. This pleasant read of ACOY comes from her 2008 release "Hot In Here". 16. Julio Martini - Both Sides Now: This one goes back 20 years - it's an elevator muzaky version with lots of strings, not awful but nothing too terrific either. 17. Richard Taylor - Big Yellow Taxi: Don't know much about Richard, but this track comes from his self-titled album of 2009. It's a slightly-embellished remake of the Counting Crows interpretation, it does feature some nice acoustic guitar work. 18. Penny Davies & Roger Ilott - The Circle Game: A straighforward read from their 2009 album "Moon Caller". Very pleasant guitar and harmonies. Penny & Roger are from Australia and play folk festivals all over the country. 19. Will Young - Help Me: British singer Will Young was the winner of 2002's "Pop Idol" competition. This live track, a bonus track on a CD-single he released in 2009, is fresh and poppy, George Michael-ish. 20. Michael Clay - River: Born and bred in Texas, Michael took his talents to Nashville and was with the Grand Ole Opry for a while - now he lives and performs in Austin. He definitely brings his country sensibilities to River, and interesting choice for a cowboy unless you're talkin' about one a them Brokeback Mountain cowboys. 21. Jill Kirkland - Both Sides Now: Not saving the best for last, this 1969 recording is a charming, warbly little thing. Can't tell you much about Jill; obviously this record did not vault her to stardom. - --------- Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:03 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Muller Subject: Covers 122 still open for downloading Just in case you're interested but missed the original post: http://tinyurl.com/ye6n8rk The link is good until the 15th. Bob ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:34:10 -0800 (PST) From: Catherine McKay Subject: Re: Covers 122 still open for downloading uh, since you mentioned it, I can't play them either. At least, I can if I open them up in a program that plays wma files. I have a program called Switch that's supposed to be able to convert files but, every time I try to convert these, the program shuts down. If I want to burn them onto a CD, I need to be able to open them in I-tunes, and it's not allowing me to play them because they're wma, I guess. (My computer is a Mac.) So, while I don't think there's anything wrong with the files, does anyone have any idea how to convert them somehow so I can play them on I-tunes and burn them onto a disc? I swear I've been able to do this before. It's one of those things about computers that make a person go nuts. ________________________________ From: Lieve Reckers To: jonilist JMDL ; scjoniguy@yahoo.com Sent: Thu, March 11, 2010 4:29:22 PM Subject: Re: Covers 122 still open for downloading Hi Bob! I'm so glad you sent us a reminder of the Covers 122. I had downloaded it at the time, but couldn't get it to play, and was too annoyed with my own technical inadequacy to ask for help. So anyway this time I tried again, and it worked. I can only think that I must have lost some computer gremlins since. For some inexplicable reason, I get the songs in a completely different order now, but that's a small price to pay! __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:59:07 -0800 (PST) From: Brian Gross Subject: TNT Tribute Available I'll jump in here ... Thanks to my Bro Bob Muller, I have a commercial-free dvd copy of the Tribute, in addition to my own off-air VHS copy. Needless to say, the digital copy is soooo much better and much more easily duplicated for personal use. The folder containing the files is a bit over 3 GB, so those of you who have a 4 GB (or larger) USB thumb drive or DVD+R or DVD-R and want a copy of this 92 minute masterpiece, please email me offlist to make arrangements. Brian - ----------------------------------------------------------- Politicians and diapers both need to be changed often. And usually for the same reasons. - ----------------------------------------------------------- - --- On Thu, 3/11/10, Susan Glumac wrote: > Hi everyone, > > All the talk about the TNT tribute has me wondering > again......does anyone > out there have this on DVD or the ability to make a DVD? My > VHS copy stopped > working a few years ago. I would, of course, supply > the DVD and postage. > > Many thanks, > Sue ------------------------------ End of onlyJMDL Digest V2010 #68 ******************************** ------- Post messages to the list by clicking here: mailto:joni@smoe.org Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:onlyjoni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe